Nobel Prize, Healthcare Victory Help Obama

Zogby comments are valid. I would say though that the Olympics thing was no big negative for Obama - the press tried to make it into one, though. Heads of state showed for all countries applying. It was not at all odd that Obama showed.

The US has had several Olympics of late, Canada is going to host the next time in Vancouver, and Britain is having one soon too. So many already set for English-speaking countries. The IOC tries to spread it around between continents.

South America has never had a viable bid before, Brazil is a rising industrial country, a tourist destination, and a big sports country (soccer, basketball, volleyball, etc....) so they will really enjoy hosting the event. The IOC decision was a good one. No reason to imply anything broader from it.

GW Bush spoke in 2008 about how proud he was of Chicago and their effort to get the bid. It never used to be about partisan issues - a bid was an American bid. The media hyped the wingnuts' rants, and turned it into something else, but that was not because Obama did anything wrong. If an extreme group of people here cannot root for their own country, then THEY are the ones who should have gotten an "F".

So the grade is not important...but Zogby needs to discern between a poll, and an impartial evaluation of the merits of actions. His overall seemed pretty fair. Just wanted to add my perspective.

DeeToo of SC 6:19PM October 16, 2009